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Surprise: Microsoft's DSI is not dead

In my roundup from December 2006 of Microsoft people, products and strategies that had disappeared, I mentioned Microsofts Dynamic Systems Initiative DSI as No. 8. I noted: "Microsofts Dynamic Systems Initiative DSI. DSI isnt dead. But its not exactly alive and kicking, either. After 2005, a year when Microsoft...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Dynamic Systems Initiative, Microsofts

Blog posts 2007-03-22

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Strategy Days General Session: Radically Simplifying Your IT Environment and Improving IT Efficiency

Every day, business is faced with the challenges of managing costs while improving flexibility and agility to drive new business opportunities - all in an increasingly complex IT landscape. This webcast focuses on the Microsoft Dynamic Systems Initiative DSI, a long-term strategy to dramatically reduce the complexity and total cost...

Tags: IT Environment, Webcast, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Dynamic Systems Initiative, Strategy, Roi/Tco, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Webcasts 2006-04-18

SOA cuts IT budget by half

SOA cuts IT budget by halfThere it is again!Saying that cutting HARDWARE impacts COSTS. The TRUTH of the matter is that SOFTWARE is the major cost of ANY IT project. The "SOA" software that they created eliminated SOFTWARE licenses - which is what brought costs down.But the WHOLE story has...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Middleware, IT budget, knowledge, software, SOA, Microsoft Corp., ISV, Dynamic Systems Initiative, information technology

Discussion threads 2005-04-19

Dynamic Systems Initiative Overview: Leveraging Knowledge Across the IT Life Cycle

The Dynamic Systems Initiative is a commitment from Microsoft and its partners to deliver self-managing dynamic systems which enable Information Technology IT teams to capture and use knowledge to design more manageable systems and automate ongoing operations, resulting in reduced costs and more time to focus on what is most...

Tags: R&D, Knowledge, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Dynamic Systems Initiative, Research & Development, Virtualization, Strategy, Business Operations, Hardware, Management

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Kinetic energy upstart taps experienced CEO

Looks like M2E Power is moving forward with its plans to begin commercializing renewable energy devices that draw on the power of kinetics. The company has tapped a new CEO and president, former Virent Energy Systems CEO Eric Apfelbach, to help lead it into the next phase of its existence....

Tags: Renewable Energy, Digital Audio, Energy, Apfelbach, M2E, Telecom & Utilities, PDAs, Digital Music, Digital Media, Handhelds, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-07

HP: Bring us your tired, your unwanted tech

Hewlett-Packard has expanded the scope of its technology recycling program, the HP Consumer Buyback and Planet Partners Recycling Program. The initiative will dole out cash for any of the following provided there is some value: PCs, monitors, printers, digital cameras, personal digital assistants or smartphones. If the piece of tech...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Smart Phones, PDAs, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Printers, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-07

CES 2009: LG's 12 new HDTVs, 'Netcast,' Blu-ray, LED backlight tech [day 2]

As I mentioned yesterday at the underwhelming CES Unveiled, LG had some new models to announce, and specs have finally been released: nine new LCD HDTVs and three new plasma HDTVs from 19 to 60 inches, some using LED backlight technology for those HDTVs, and some using "Netcast," a way...

Tags: USB 2.0, HDMI, JPEG, Light-emitting Diode, LG Electronics Inc., HDTV, Photograph, MP3, Blu-ray, USB, LHX Slim Wireless LED Backlight HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Worm surge exploits Microsoft vulnerability

Both US-CERT and security organization F-Secure have issued warnings, urging IT professionals to apply a Microsoft patch. Business systems are being attacked by a worm exploiting a known Microsoft vulnerability, IT security experts have warned. Both US-CERT and security organization F-Secure have issued warnings, urging...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., F-Secure Corp., Business System, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, CERT, Microsoft, worm, vulnerability, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2009-01-07

Backing up virtual machine data

Several suppliers of backup and/or disaster recovery software for virtual server environments have spoken with me. It seems that, like in any other are of computing, there are different approaches to backing up and recovering applications and data within a virtual machine and to deal with needs for disaster recovery....

Tags: Storage, Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Macworld Expo: Color freak

Macworld Expo: Color freakI thought I would check your conclusion[i]Reading the message threads in some discussion groups online after the demo, there appears to be some issues with this product and Windows systems. On a Mac, it all seemed to work — go figure.[/i]Since you have been known to blatantly...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Fixing the blame on the EHR mess

Fixing the blame on the EHR messLobbyistsYou hit the nail on the head. There are more than 200 EHRs, each lobbying for a place in the sun.WorldVistA, based on the largest EHR (the Veterans Administration's VistA), is free, open source, and GPL-licensed (open source is not enough -- we need...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, eHR

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

HP Entertainment Center Z555 (Pentium 4 3GHz, 512MB RAM, 250GB HDD)

HP Entertainment Center Z555 (Pentium 4 3GHz, 512MB RAM, 250GB HDD)hp z555I have owned z555 for several years . It is unreliable and expensive to keep operating. Mine is protected with Avast, Comodo and SD search and destroy just as my other PCs. The z555 is not...

Tags: z555, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Some like it hot: Why waste dough cooling down a data center?

It is conventional wisdom that computer innards don't like excessive heat, which is why most data centers are conservatively cooled with powerful air-conditioners to a temperature range of between 68 degrees and 81 degrees Fahrenheit. This theory has even got its very own law explaining it, called the Arrhenius Equation....

Tags: Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Apple tunes up Keynote features

At Macworld 2009 in San Francisco, Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, demonstrates new features of the company's Keynote software, which enables users to create dynamic presentations. A Keynote-coordinating iPhone application, for example, lets users advance slides by using the device as a remote control--flicking them back and...

Tags: Apple Inc., Marketing Research, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management, Keynote, Apple, Philip Schiller

Videos 2009-01-06

Windows 7 - Heal thyself!

Windows 7 - Heal thyself!I would be happier if the OS was perfect[url=http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1851228&tstart=15] Like [/url][url=http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1848781&tstart=15] OS [/url][url=http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1853856&tstart=30] X [/url]:)RE: Windows 7 - Heal thyself!Vista apparently has this feature also. Try to hit F8 during booup.If ZDNet needs to implement layoffs...Mr. Jason Perlow should be the first out the door!His blogs...

Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Boot Failure, Microsoft Windows 7, Heal Thyself, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

A New Year and layoff rumors start flying for IBM and Microsoft

Overheard at the electronic water cooler.... Check out the Alliance@IBM website for some interesting reading. IBM employees smell upcoming layoffs around the third week of January and they're nervous. There's a lot of detail (e.g., specific office locations, headcount changes, etc.) in their postings, too much...

Tags: Rumor, Layoff, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Workforce Management, Human Resources, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Is the PlayStation Doomed?

Sony, putting aside the human toll of massive restructuring, is a fascinating example of the carnage happening in the business world today, and the stifling of innovation in large companies. Today's multinational conglomerate had humble origins in post WWII Japan: Masaru Ibuka started a radio repair...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Playstation, Game Players, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Public betas of Windows 7 client and server could hit this week

Public betas of Windows 7 client and server could hit this weekPrivate beta guys like me rule...I am a private beta customer and I laugh at people who use public betas. A private beta is like driving a Mercedes whereas a public beta is like driving a US made car....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, public beta, Windows 7 Client, Microsoft Windows 7, product key, beta, rep, server

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

'SOA' dead as of January 1st, analyst says

'SOA' dead as of January 1st, analyst saysSOA marketingWell, to a lot of people, there is a good deal of skepticism about SOA. We've seen a lot of sales pitches, but most of those seem to be centered around selling a Consultant as opposed to any other product. SOA could...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Companies, SOA

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Must Daschle choose between Ludd or Astroturf

The political argument over patient privacy and healthcare IT systems does not ask the right question, which should be how to make things so no one cares what's in your file. Reduce the incentive and police can deal with the rest. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Incentive, Patient, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-01-06